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abstinency

noun
ab·​sti·​nen·​cy | \ -nənsē\
plural -es

Definition of abstinency

archaic
: abstinence

First Known Use of abstinency

1529, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for abstinency

Latin abstinentia

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